Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:11 pm  

So Pearson walks away. Then what. This guy has made mistakes but without him well I honestly don't know. He's put his time and money into this club. Certainly on some things has been guilty of making the wrong decisions. But I dread to think what would happen if he just walks away.

Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:33 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

He's the chairman and owner - who is going to sack him?

Maybe that 'new bird' Seb was telling us about at the start of the season?

Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:00 pm  

hull2524 wrote:

So Pearson walks away. Then what. This guy has made mistakes but without him well I honestly don't know. He's put his time and money into this club. Certainly on some things has been guilty of making the wrong decisions. But I dread to think what would happen if he just walks away.

Indeed, also absolutely no investors are going to invest in SL without the TV deal, the other looming threat is SKY reduce the money even further and half the league are forced to go part time.

Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:05 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Weird phrasing that "we will stay on it until someone says 'Adam you're fired,' which trust me I would accept"

how can you fire someone who holds all the shares?

Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 3:39 pm  

hull2524 wrote:

So Pearson walks away. Then what. This guy has made mistakes but without him well I honestly don't know. He's put his time and money into this club. Certainly on some things has been guilty of making the wrong decisions. But I dread to think what would happen if he just walks away.

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Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:02 pm  

so where's the investment that so called in the know keep claiming gonna happen ?

Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:12 pm  

bonaire wrote:

how can you fire someone who holds all the shares?

Well exactly - who would do it?

Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:18 pm  

Smiggs wrote:

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Thats a big accusation! And you'd need facts to back that up.

I also don't think anyone goes into RL to make money, its more of a personal enjoyment project for him, and possibly at the start a way of sticking two fingers up to the Allams (everyone was taken by surprise that morning when the takeover was announced)

I personally I feel his heart is in the right place, in particular he spent big in 2013, again in 2016 and then again for 2020 to try and bring sucess, most of of that outlay has been wasted such as Fonua and Reynolds being paid off.

McRae, Radford and Hodgson all have made mistakes on contracts and signings. Only Motu can hold his head up high recruitment in the Pearson era.

Pearson should have backed Gentle rather than let the players down tools, that just led to two more dead seasons while we rebuilt. Radford should have gone after that long spell of defeats in 2018. I'll excuse hiring and firing Last as it was just a weird season, and due to Covid an Aussie coach couldent have flown in anyway.

We needed a Tony Smith type experienced head coach years ago, that has been Pearsons biggest mistake in my eyes.

Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:48 pm  

UllFC wrote:

Thats a big accusation! And you'd need facts to back that up.

I also don't think anyone goes into RL to make money, its more of a personal enjoyment project for him, and possibly at the start a way of sticking two fingers up to the Allams (everyone was taken by surprise that morning when the takeover was announced)

I personally I feel his heart is in the right place, in particular he spent big in 2013, again in 2016 and then again for 2020 to try and bring sucess, most of of that outlay has been wasted such as Fonua and Reynolds being paid off.

McRae, Radford and Hodgson all have made mistakes on contracts and signings. Only Motu can hold his head up high recruitment in the Pearson era.

Pearson should have backed Gentle rather than let the players down tools, that just led to two more dead seasons while we rebuilt. Radford should have gone after that long spell of defeats in 2018. I'll excuse hiring and firing Last as it was just a weird season, and due to Covid an Aussie coach couldent have flown in anyway.

We needed a Tony Smith type experienced head coach years ago, that has been Pearsons biggest mistake in my eyes.

So you don't think he pays himself a wage?

Re: Pearson : Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:55 pm  

Smiggs wrote:

So you don't think he pays himself a wage?

Course he does, he has to earn a living and its been a while since he had a consultancy job in Football, not sure how well Tribal is going (and he is of course co owner with Hudgell) the Fruit Market one shutdown but that area only seems to do well in nice weather, and without becoming Billy/Keith the stalker I dont know if he has any other businesses right now.